![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/agts-piff-the-magic-dragon-talks-illness-that-made-him-leave-it-job-for-showbiz/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0_AGTs-Piff-the-Magic-Dragon-talks-illness-that-made-him-leave-IT-job-for-showbiz.jpg&description=After a stint on America's Got Talent, Piff the Magic Dragon was offered a residency at The Flamingo in Las Vegas where he loves performing with his long-time partner and chihuahua sidekick Forget Adele, Sir Elton or Sir Rod - the UK's biggest headliner on the Las Vegas Strip in the last decade is a London comic and best friend, a dog called Mr. Piffles. Piff The Magic Dragon has been pulling in crowds in his own room at the Flamingo in Las Vegas. And the star, famous in the USA thanks to America's Got Talent, is banking millions as the most successful Brit comic and magician ever in Sin City. John van der Put has enjoyed seven years of playing close to 1,500 gigs as a Strip headliner since appearing on Simon Cowell's 10th season of NBC's America's Got Talent where he placed in the top 10. The entertainer loves being an "AGT loser", especially as he hit the jackpot in Las Vegas. For all the latest on news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to The Mirror US. His style is best described as a modern-day mix of the tomfoolery of iconic British magician Tommy Cooper, the comic deadpan genius of Jack Dee, and the quick-fire side-splitting joke-cracking of Jimmy Carr - without the really rude stuff. He is lauded in Vegas after close to 1500 shows and adored by magic icons Penn and Teller and David Copperfield. Speaking exclusively to the Mirror, joker John, 42, admitted: "Las Vegas is perfect for dragons because it is in the desert and we are hotblooded and this is where we thrive. I came from England, whose patron saint George is famous for slaying dragons, so it's a terrible place to be if you are a lizard like me. "Las Vegas is a Mecca for magic and it's great that I have gotten to do all these shows," he added. The theatre he works in was once the site of Donnie and Marie Osmond's show along with other famous names. "I'm on the same stage as Wayne Newton, Elvis, and Tom Jones, who famously had women throw panties and room keys at him," He said, "And we act){kind=link}
After a stint on America’s Got Talent, Piff the Magic Dragon was offered a residency at The Flamingo in Las Vegas where he loves performing with his long-time partner and chihuahua sidekick
Forget Adele, Sir Elton or Sir Rod – the UK’s biggest headliner on the Las Vegas Strip in the last decade is a London comic and best friend, a dog called Mr. Piffles.
Piff The Magic Dragon has been pulling in crowds in his own room at the Flamingo in Las Vegas. And the star, famous in the USA thanks to America’s Got Talent, is banking millions as the most successful Brit comic and magician ever in Sin City.
John van der Put has enjoyed seven years of playing close to 1,500 gigs as a Strip headliner since appearing on Simon Cowell’s 10th season of NBC’s America’s Got Talent where he placed in the top 10. The entertainer loves being an “AGT loser”, especially as he hit the jackpot in Las Vegas.
For all the latest on news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to The Mirror US.